Given name & surname

Ostman

Ostman is a surname from Swedish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Ostman comes from Swedish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Swedish Östman.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ostman’s family of names

In English usage, Ostman as a surname was borrowed from the Swedish form Östman.

Walk Ostman’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Ostman, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Swedish

Ohman

Ohman is a surname from Swedish. It is used in English and Slovak.

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Swedish

Forssman

Forssman is a surname from Swedish.

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Swedish

Bjorkman

“birch” · “man”

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Swedish

Ogren

“island” · “branch”

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Swedish

Olsson

Olsson is a surname from Swedish. It is used in English and Swedish.

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Swedish

Ostrom

“island” · “stream”

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Swedish

Oster

Oster is a surname from German, ultimately from Swedish.

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75% boys · 25% girls

Swedish

Ostberg

“east” · “mountain”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Ostman’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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